Juergen Graner

Founder and CEO

Juergen has more than 25 years experience in international business, managing companies, departments, and projects in and across Europe, North America, and Asia. He has successfully mastered expansions, turnarounds, acquisitions, and divestments of companies, as CEO, executive manager, and advisor.
As coach to senior executives, Juergen supported more than 80 managers, entrepreneurs, and scientists in the UK, USA, Austria, and Switzerland moving their businesses to the next level of international evolvement.

Due to a passion for teaching, Juergen has taught entrepreneurs, scientists, managers, and master of international business students at several universities and other institutions on a variety of subjects, including international expansion and technology commercialization for more than 20 years.

His entrepreneurial ventures apart from Globalator included the establishment of a personal security company and an Internet service company. Juergen was the first recipient of the London Business School entrepreneurship award in 1998. To this day he has cultivated his interest in early stage companies as a member of the Enterprise 100 business angel club in London for more than 15 years.

The experience as a former military officer in the Austrian Armed Forces has further expanded the horizon on how Juergen views leadership and decision making in critical situations.

Juergen holds an MBA from London Business School, a Certificate in International Business Management, and a Certificate in Industrial Engineering. He is a Certified Management Consultant, Certified Export Consultant, and Intellectual Asset Management Professional. Being a native Austrian, who has lived and studied also in the UK and the USA, Juergen is fluent in both German and English.